can we make multi color gradient in xml for android background?

Question

I have been trying to make a multi-color background in XML but there only 3 option available start, center, end and specified angles. Can't we make backgrounds like this below..

Can we make like this background in android ??

Answer 1

According to developers.android you can... and this is the code they used

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >  <gradient     android:angle="45"     android:endColor="#87CEEB"     android:centerColor="#768087"     android:startColor="#000"     android:type="linear" />  </shape> 

also here's a tutorial

hope this helps

Answer 2

You cannot implement +3 gradient color in a xml file. But you can do it into your java/kotlin code with GradientDrawable class. This is the Java version, replace the array of colors with your colors ids.

GradientDrawable gradientDrawable = new GradientDrawable(                 Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,                 new int[]{ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.color1),                         ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.color2),                         ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.color3),                         ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.color4)});          findViewById(R.id.background).setBackground(gradientDrawable);